List of Chinese film production companies (pre-PRC)
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of notable film production companies
from Mainland China
(including Hong Kong
) before the communist revolution in 1949.
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
from Mainland China
Mainland China
Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...
(including Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
) before the communist revolution in 1949.
D
- Dadi Film Company- (Great Earth), Hong Kong production company active between 1939-1940 that focused on Mandarin-language films, founded by Cai ChushengCai ChushengResting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese...
and Situ Huimin - Datong Film Company- (Great Harmony), Major privately owned production company of the 1940s
- Dazhonghua- (Great China), first major production company to emerge in post-war Hong Kong, focused on Mandarin-language films
- Dazhonghua Baihe Film Company- Major production company of the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
- Diantong Film CompanyDiantong Film CompanyDiantong Film Company was a short-lived but important film studio and production company during the 1930s in Shanghai, China. Though it produced only four films during its existence between 1934-1935, all four films became important examples of the left-leaning Chinese cinema of the 1930s...
- Leftist film company active from 1934-1935. Only produced four films.
G
- Guohua Productions- Founded in the late 1930s by former Mingxing director Zhang Shichuan, major rival of Xinhua Film Company during the "Solitary Island" period
H
- Huamei Film Company- (China-America Film), early production company founded by American Benjamin Brodsky in Hong Kong. Only produced one film, Lai Man-WaiLai Man-WaiLai Man-Wai , now known as Father of Hong Kong Cinema, was the director of the first Hong Kong movie Zhuangzi Tests His Wife in 1913...
's landmark 1913 film Zhuangzi Tests His Wife.
K
- Kunlun Film Company- (Mount Kunlun Pictures), Major privately owned production company in the 1940s, produced the 1949 anti-GMD film Crows and SparrowsCrows and SparrowsCrows and Sparrows was a 1949 Chinese film made by Kunlun Studios on the eve of the Communist victory and directed by Zheng Junli. Notable for its extremely critical view of corrupt Nationalist bureaucrats, the film was made as Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing-based government was on the verge of...
M
- Manchukuo Film AssociationManchukuo Film Association, also known as the "Manchuria Film Production", was a Japanese film production company in Manchukuo in the 1930s and 40s.-Early history:...
- One of the most controversial company under Japanese authority - Minxin Film CompanyMinxin Film CompanyThe Minxin Film Company or the China Sun Film Company was one of the earliest movie studios in the history of Chinese cinema.- History :...
- (China Sun), Lai Man-waiLai Man-WaiLai Man-Wai , now known as Father of Hong Kong Cinema, was the director of the first Hong Kong movie Zhuangzi Tests His Wife in 1913...
's production company, later merged into Lianhua. - Mingxing Film CompanyMingxing Film CompanyMingxing Film Company was one of the largest Chinese production companies during the 1920s, and 1930s in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The company lasted from 1922 until 1937 when it was closed permanently by the Second Sino-Japanese War.-History:...
- (Star)
S
- Shanghai Animation Film StudioShanghai Animation Film StudioShanghai Animation Film Studio is the animation division of the Shanghai Film Group Corporation in Shanghai, China. It is responsible for the production of Chinese animations.-History:...
- Shanghai Yingxi ("Shanghai Films")- Active in the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
T
- Tianyi Film Company- (Unique), early production company of the Shaw Brothers, active in the 1920s and 1930s
W
- Wenhua Film CompanyWenhua Film CompanyThe Wenhua Film Company was a major privately-owned film production company of the immediate post-war period in China.- History :The film company was founded in 1946 by Wu Xingzai, a businessman who had previously controlled assets of the Lianhua Film Company during the mid-1930s...
- (Cultural China), major privately owned (by Wu Xingcai) production company of the 1940s; produced Fei MuFei MuFei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949...
's Spring in a Small TownSpring in a Small TownSpring in a Small Town is a Chinese film released in 1948 and directed by Fei Mu . The film was based on a short story by Li Tianji , and was produced by the Wenhua Film Company....
(1947)
X
- Xianggong Yingye- active in the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
- Xibei Film Company
- Xin Shidai Film Company- Produced Situ Humin's 1938 The Blood Spilt in the Treasure Mountain City.
- Xinhua Film CompanyXinhua Film CompanyThe Xinhua Film Company , was one of the film companies to capitalize on the popularity of the leftist film movement in 1930s Shanghai, that had begun with the Mingxing and Lianhua Film Companies. It should not be mistaken for the modern-day Xinhua News Agency...
- (New China), leftist film company, active in the 1930s and 1940s